Community News

The Kentucky Blood Center reported in a news release that 76 people registered to give blood in a recent blood drive held Aug. 13 at First Baptist Church.
Frank Rowe, chairman of the Anderson County Community Blood Drive for the Kentucky Blood Center, presented a $100 gift card to Jana Terrell, who won the gift card at the blood drive.
A Kentucky Blood Center bloodmobile will be at the Lawrenceburg Walmart on Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All donors will receive a T-shirt, event organizers said.

The fourth annual Champions for CASA Kids Golf Scramble will be held Aug. 24 at the Wild Turkey Trace golf course, 1450 Fox Creek Road in Lawrenceburg.
Registration and lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. and consists of smoked pork loin, slaw and baked beans.
The registration fee of $50 per player covers green fees, cart, lunch and a beverage. Your beverage ticket is for a chance for some great door prizes. You do not have to be present to win. A car dealership will be sponsoring a hole in one contest along with other contests.

All presenting blood donors at Red Cross blood drives between Aug. 14 and Sept. 14 will receive a University of Kentucky or University of Louisville “blood challenge” T-shirt, according to a news release from the Red Cross.
The campaign ends with the Governor’s Cup football game between the two rival teams on Sept. 14.

The American Legion Post 7 of Frankfort will be hosting a benefit concert and dance Aug. 18 for Wounded Warriors from 2-5 p.m.
Proceeds of the fundraiser will go toward the purchase of track chairs for Wounded Warriors.
Music will be provided by “The Legends,” and includes jazz, blues, country, Dixieland, Big Band, 50s and more by “Skeets” Pennington, Doyle Rambo, Reed Harrod, Bill May, Dale Abernathy, David Cunningham and Suzanne Lee.

The Anderson County Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Anderson Public Library. Tom B. Ripy, attorney and Ph.D., will present a program about Mary Dowling and her life as a distiller before and during Prohibition. The program is free and open to the public.

Marianne Brown of Lawrenceburg will participate in the second annual Art in the Gardens at Liberty Hall fair on Labor Day weekend from Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This year’s fair will feature over 50 juried artists and craftspeople selling their works in tents scattered throughout the four-acre garden at the Liberty Hall Historic Site on the Kentucky River in downtown Frankfort, 202 Wilkinson Street.
Admission is $3 daily.

A program titled ACT Raising Safe Kids is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 at the Anderson County Extension Office.
Designed for parents and caregivers of children 8 and under, the program helps parents raise their children in an environment that is safe, stable, nurturing and full of love and respect, according to a news release.
It also teaches positive ways and techniques for parents to understand and deal with their children’s difficult behaviors and how to discipline their children.